Poultry nest



Patented July 10,1923. l

UNITED STATES JOSEPH L. norsvnn'r,v or BoUnBonNAIs, ILLINOIS.

POULTRY NEST.

Application filed January 8, 1923. `Serial No. 611,520. v

To all w hom t may concer/n.:

Be it known that I, JOSEPH L. Borsvnn'r, a citizen of the United States, residing at Bourbonnais, in the county of Kankakee and State of Illinois, have invented new and u seful Improvements in PoultryNests, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to poultry nests, and its object is to provide` a novel and 1mproved structure of this kkind capable of being easily cleaned and sprayed to keep the same free of vermin.

The inventionalso has for its objectto provide a knockdown nest structure to f acilitate cleaning, and also to save space 1n shipment and storage. f

The objects stated are attained by means of a combination and arrangement ofparts to be hereinafter described and claimed,V and in order that the same may be better linderstood, reference is had to the accompanying drawing, in which- Figure 1 is a front elevation of the nest; Figs. 2 and 3 are sections on the lines 2-2 and 3-3,'respectively, of Fig. 1;

Figs. 4, 5 and 6 are perspective views illustrating a corner structure; f

Fig. 7 is an enlarged sectional detail of such corner structure at the top;

Fig". 8 is asimilar view' of the'corner structure at the bottom; h

Fig. 9 is a perspective view showing a fragment of one of the side Walls of the nest, and Fig. 10 is a perspective view of a corner structure at the top. v

Referring specifically to thev drawing, the nest is a substantial rectangular box-like structure having sides 10, a rear wall 11, a

bottom 12 and a top 13, these parts being all made of sheet metal. The bottom is slightly sunk toward the center. The top lhas a downward bend 14 in front terminating a considerable distance short of the bottom to leave a front opening or entrance to the nest. To the bottom, at the front or entrance, is

secured an upstanding guard strip 15 rising op The rear wall lljhas forwardly directed top, bottom and sideflanges 18, 19, and 20,v these' beingformed integral with saidy wally and having their adjacent or meeting ends overlapped y and soldered together. The side walls. 10 also have inturnedrear, top and bottom marginal flanges 21, 22 and 23. They side walls 10 arepositioned inside thefianges of the rear wall, and they `are held in place at t-he bottom by upstanding screws or rivet,

studs 24 carriedby thel bottom flanges 19 of the rear wall 11 and entering apertures 25 in the bottom flanges 23 of the side walls 10. At the top, thekside wallsare held in place by pins 26 passing through alined apertures and 22. The pins 26 are removable, in view fof which it will be evident that the rear and;l

side walls ,10 and 11 are detachably connected.

f in the'top `13 `and the lapping flanges 18 c.

the fianges'23, and it is provided with apertures to receive the studsv 24, and studs 27 carried by the flanges 23. Thel bottom 12 isr provided with upstanding marginal fianges 28at thesides and the rear.

e top 13 is removably fitted tothe side i and rear walls 10 and '11, and it has downlturned marginal ianges 29 at its sides lap- In front, the flanges ping the side walls. 29 are spaced from the bend 14'sothat the latter may clear the side walls and seat between the rolls 16 as shown in Fig. 1.

By the structure hereinbefore described an'all-metal nest is had, which, owing to the i knock-down construction enables it to be easily kept clean and-in a'sanitary condition, Y y

and wheny in knockdown form,.it takes up very little space, which is av decided advantage and convenience in shipment and storage.

` I claim: n

A poultry nest comprising a box-like strucl ture having an entrance, and composed of side walls having inturned top, bottomand rear flanges, a rear wall having inturned top,

bottom and side flanges, the top'and bottom I flanges of the side and rear walls lapping, fasteners seating removably invsaid lapping flanges, a bottom seating removably on the bottom flangesof theside walls and secured by the bottom ones of the aforesaid fasteners, and a removable top.

Intestimony whereof I afiix mysi ature` v JOSEPH L. BOISVgEiiRT. 

